Can't sleep...

I'm too nervous to sleep. What if Pat says she's too small? Or spots something obvious that we missed, like only three legs? That will be so awkward - the seller is such a nice woman and is putting herself out to drive the pony to the stables for us to try out for a few days. Quite trusting, to let us have her (though she knows the pony will be well looked after by Pat and her team of stablegirls).

Check list for the morning: phone an insurance company to get temporary cover for the pony - just in case. Phone Pat to say the pony is definitely coming sometime midmorning. She's a bit short of stables right now and will have to shuffle the current horses around. Contain J's surging excitement until we can drive to the stables to be there waiting when the pony arrives, Somehow hide my nerves as I wait for Pat's verdict and watch J's anxious, expressive face as she steels herself for the thumbs up or down. At this point, 1 o'clock in the morning, I am dreading it all ...

A pony is a big investment and a huge commitment financially and just about every other way. Are we mad???